Polling places and "slow punctured provocation": Occult-driven cases in postcolonial Kenya's High Courts

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 577-591

  Luongo, Katherine ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; High Court; Kenya; Oathing; Witchcraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049233317     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2010.517424     Document Type: Article

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